Chicago Stuffed Deep Dish Pizza
This pizza comes straight from the likes of Giordano's in Chicago. As students in Chicago, we quickly fell in love with Chicago Stuffed Deep Dish pizza and being poor students, we had to learn how to make it ourselves.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pizza crust can use store bought or make your own
- pizza toppings of choice
- 2-4 cups mozzarella, shredded
- 1 jar pizza sauce, or homemade marinara
- black olives, sliced tomatoes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375*
- If making your own crust, do that, or thaw out store bought pizza crust according to instructions on package.
- Divide crust dough just over half, 60/40 split, and roll out the larger portion of dough to cover your pan with a little hanging over. Carefully transfer crust to the baking dish and push the dough down into the corners of the pan. Leave the overhand for now.
- Starting with your protein, layer the 'toppings' onto the bottom crust. Then cover them with a very heavy layer of shredded mozzarella
- Roll out the smaller portion of dough to cover the cheese layer. Push this crust down onto the cheese so that no space is left and dough is snug against cheese. Cut steam slits into this crust. Cut the excess dough off the sides of the pan. Wet fingers with water and press crusts together on the side of the pan.
- Pour pizza sauce or marinara onto the top crust, spread evenly. Top with garnish if desired and place into preheated oven. Cook for one hour.
- Allow pizza to cool for 10m before cutting and serving
Notes
You can easily make your own pizza crust! I have that recipe on my website.
You can also use store bought crust of any kind, as long as you have enough for 2 layers of crust.
You will want to let the pizza cool for 10m before cutting to keep the layers looking pretty when cut.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 sliceCalories: 153 kcalCarbohydrates: 16.4 gProtein: 7 gFat: 6.8 gSaturated Fat: 2.5 gCholesterol: 15 mgSodium: 425 mgFiber: 1.3 gSugar: 3.4 g
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